The development of science and technology is increasingly encouraging reform efforts in the use of technological results in the teaching and learning process. One of the results of technology that can be used in the teaching and learning process is educational media. The educational media used must be adapted to the developments and demands of the times. The use of appropriate educational media in the teaching and learning process will facilitate the achievement of learning objectives. The purpose of this paper is to describe that educational media have been known and used in the Islamic education system since the beginning of Islam. The discussion method used is descriptive method. The results of this study are that at the beginning of the spread of Islam, teaching and learning activities were known, at that time educational media already existed and had been applied by the Prophet Muhammad SAW in teaching science and Islamic religious law to his friends. In addition, in the hadith there are several terms used to indicate the use of educational media in learning, such as pictures, pebbles, and fingers. The conclusion of this paper is that educational media will affect whether or not a learning information is complete and on target, as well as affect the final result of the learning process that is carried out. implemented.

DPRD Mempunyai tugas diantaranya sebagai penganggaran dan pengawasan dalam pelaksanaan dana APBD untuk satu tahun kedepan. Metode pendekatan yang digunakan adalah yuridis empiris dengan sumber data primer dan data sekunder yang kemudian dianalisis secara kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui pengawasan DPRD Kota Semarang terhadap penggunaan anggaran daerah Semarang oleh Pemerintah Daerah Semarang telah dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan hak DPRD namun belum optimal. Hak tersebut antara lain pengawasan melalui penggunaan hak DPRD meminta keterangan, pelaksanaan pengawasan melalui kunjungan kerja dan aspirasi, dan penggunaan hak DPRD    mengadakan    penyelidikan.    Faktor-faktor    yang    menjadi    kendala    dalam     pelaksanaan pengawasan DPRD Kota Semarang terhadap penggunaan anggaran daerah Semarang oleh Pemerintah Daerah Kota Semarang adalah kendala teknis dan kendala kepentingan politik, ketersediaan sarana dan prasarana, partisipasi masyarakat, dan faktor internal partai. Untuk mengatasi hambatan-hambatan tersebut telah mengupayakan pengoptimalan fungsi pengawasan DPRD, membangun kerjasama dan komunikasi yang lebih baik lagi terhadap eksekutif agar tercipta transparansi yang sehat, menumbuhkan rasa tanggung jawab yang besar dalam melaksanakan tugas dan mendahulukan kepentingan    masyarakat    luas    tidak     kepentingan    kelompok    politiknya,    meminta    keterbukaan masyarakat dalam menyampaikan aspirasi, dan meluruskan kebijakan dengan aturan-aturan yang ada  Having duties council among others as budgeting and supervision in the implementation of the apbd funds for one years.A method of approach that is used is juridical empirical to the source of primary and secondary data who then analyzed qualitatively.Based on the research done known supervision semarang city council on the use of regional budgets semarang by local governments semarang has been implemented the right use council but not yet optimal.The right these include surveillance by the use of the right council ask for information, the supervision through the working visit and aspirations, and the use of launch an inquiry into the right council. Factors that becomes obstacle in the supervision semarang city council on the use of regional budgets semarang by local governments the city of semarang is technical obstacles and obstacles political interests , the provision of facilities and infrastructure , public participation , and the internal factor party .To address any constraints has been seek pengoptimalan supervisory function council , establish cooperation and communication that better the executive from in order to have a healthy transparency , promote a feeling a big responsibility in implementing the tasks and give the interest of the broad not interests his political group,ask opennes the community in express their opinions,and straightens policy by rules that is.